Adobe is going to only sell subscription based Photoshop

[Tin Can]

I have had to activate by phone, that worked maybe 7 years ago...

When I was living in Indonesia I couldn't activate my legally purchased Photoshop because of the lousy internet. I ended up going out and buying a pirated copy that didn't need activation.

And that is not fud.

[CantikFotos]

I have had to activate by phone, that worked maybe 7 years ago...

Twelve hour time difference with a very poor connection and expensive phone system..........I gave up after being on the phone for 30 minutes.

[CantikFotos]

Many places in this country have no cellular service at all, let alone data service, let alone 3G or 4g data service.

But the delivery model is based on unlimited high-speed data, and they effectively cut off those who don't have access to that.

Unfortunately, too many people seem to live in some kind of bubble where they think all the perks where they live are available worldwide. Or even nationally. I live a quarter of a mile from the nearest cell tower and have no phone service.

[Ben Syverson]

Part of Adobe's goal is to avoid having to support versions more than 30 days old. I don't need a splash demanding that I upgrade every few weeks--I already get that with Acrobat Reader and the checkbox they provide to turn it off is a placebo.

But the delivery model is based on unlimited high-speed data, and they effectively cut off those who don't have access to that.

That's not quite the case... Updates become available every few months, and they don't force you to install them. In fact, you may not even realized they're available. I just opened Adobe Application Manager and saw this:


You can wait until you have a good connection (or plenty of time) to download, and it doesn't bug you. So it's hard to complain about the update system.

After the software is installed, you only need to go online once every 30 days. So you don't need anything close to a high-speed connection.

[Tin Can]

This is pretty bad taste, but it is making the rounds.

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...cU&h=hAQEsjazR

[Peter Mounier]

This is pretty bad taste, but it is making the rounds.

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...cU&h=hAQEsjazR

That's funny. The very same video was used for a Nikon rant not too long ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnwf2RShNV0

[Ben Syverson]

From 4 years ago:

[Tin Can]

I missed that one!

[Ben Syverson]

Another meta one is Hilter ranting about how to make a Hitler rant using Windows Movie Maker. Genius.

[Tin Can]

One day a woman like this will end Adobe world domination.

Smart lady!

http://www.motherjones.com/media/201...itter-spoilers